Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Ernakulam, Archdiocese of

ERNAKULAM, ARCIDIOCESI DI

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ERNAKULAM, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - Established for the Syro-Malabarese as a metropolitan see on 21 Dec. 1923, replacing an apostolic vicariate that had existed since 29 July 1896. The archdiocese extends its jurisdiction over the territories of the kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin, of which the latter E. is the capital: all forming part of Hindustan.

The archdiocese of E., which depends on the S. Congregation for the Oriental Church, has 246,547 faithful, distributed among 128 parishes, and has in its territory 1 diocesan seminary, 7 male religious houses and 14 female ones.

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BIBL.: S. Congregazione Orientale, Statistiche e cenni storici sulle gerarchie e sui fedeli di rito orientale, Città del Vaticano 1932, p. 234; Servizio informazioni delle Chiese orientali, 15 May 1947; Annuaire Pontifical 1949.

Mariano Balli

ERNAKULAM, ARCHDIOCESE OF: V. VERAPOLY, ARCHDIOCESE of.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 511.

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